""Results" is accepted as singular or plural, even if it refers to just one thing. " Not in the English language

You can roll those eyes as much as you want, old chap. Let's say I do an exam. One exam. Someone will ask (quite acceptably), "when do you get the results?" Or I have a blood test. A single blood test. The doc will tell me when he gets the results.

As for Farage, oh yes, I think he may well reappear, but I'm talking about the current situation.

You can roll those eyes as much as you want, old chap. Let's say I do an exam. One exam. Someone will ask (quite acceptably), "when do you get the results?" Or I have a blood test. A single blood test. The doc will tell me when he gets the results.

As for Farage, oh yes, I think he may well reappear, but I'm talking about the current situation.

Since blood tests' results normally expose more than one specific detail, we use the term results to describe the outcome of a single blood test.
If, as an example, you only have a test for Aids then you use the word result - "what was the result of your Aids test".

In the case of exams with a single result then you should use result; for exams with multiple tests like written and verbal or written and practical then you say results

But you say that as if his antipathy towards the EU is a surprise. Farage has talked about this many times. He became an MEP as part of his (successful) campaign to get Britain out of the EU, and takes no great interest in the humdrum burbling of the other 750.

He's in it for the money and will be seeking an MP's salary, expenses and public stage in the House of Commons in due course.

You can roll those eyes as much as you want, old chap. Let's say I do an exam. One exam. Someone will ask (quite acceptably), "when do you get the results?" Or I have a blood test. A single blood test. The doc will tell me when he gets the results.

As for Farage, oh yes, I think he may well reappear, but I'm talking about the current situation.

"I'm talking about the current situation." He is still an MEP drawing the salary and expenses, etc. even though he is rarely there!
So it is a bit of a jump to say he got out? Now if he had resigned as an MEP.

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I'm pretty hacked off at the attitude from May during her first PMQs today. It's bad enough that she's unelected, but to be autocratic on top of that...!!!

I'm left wondering about the legality of government withholding information from Parliament.

Quote:

Theresa May has said she will not give a "running commentary" on Brexit negotiations, as she refused to say whether she wants the UK to stay in the European single market.

The Prime Minister was repeatedly challenged to confirm whether Britain would remain a part of the single market once negotiations on leaving the bloc have concluded.

But Mrs May gave little away at her first Prime Minister's Questions since Parliament returned from the summer recess.

While she said she wanted control over the movement of people from the EU to the UK and the "right deal" for trade, Mrs May told MPs the Government would not "reveal our hand prematurely" and comment on "every twist and turn".

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I would have prefered Leadsom to have stayed on the ballot sheet so that she could be soundly thrashed.

I don't utterly despise May. For me, she's a watch and wait PM and (though I hate to say it) the best of a bad bunch that was offered. My OH seriously dislikes her already and it's been a bone of contention in our house.

At the time of the first round of voting, a lot of people I respect were saying "Anyone but May", but looking at the other candidates, she had the best skill set on paper. Having said that, I don't appreciate the electorate and, even more importantly, Parliament being kept in the dark at this time.

Also from that PMQ
Corbyn said "“We accept the decision taken by the majority of our people but we cannot ignore the fact that the outcome has left this country divided, with rising levels of hate crime, huge uncertainty about what comes next for our country, the extraordinary lack of planning and preparation.”

May said about Corbyn; ""“Everything he says just tells us all we need to know about modern Labour,” May said. “The train has left the station, the seats are all empty, the leader’s on the floor. Even on rolling stock they’re a laughing stock.”

Also from that PMQ
Corbyn said "“We accept the decision taken by the majority of our people but we cannot ignore the fact that the outcome has left this country divided, with rising levels of hate crime, huge uncertainty about what comes next for our country, the extraordinary lack of planning and preparation.”

May said about Corbyn; ""“Everything he says just tells us all we need to know about modern Labour,” May said. “The train has left the station, the seats are all empty, the leader’s on the floor. Even on rolling stock they’re a laughing stock.”

All jolly stuff but does not take us even one step forward

These debates are more and more about generating soundytes to get laughs from your supporters than engaging in meaningful criticism and countercriticism.

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